Longtime Houston restaurateur Benjy Levit debuted Local Foods Market at Rice, situated in the newly renovated Brochstein Pavilion, during a soft openi...
Rice drew more than 400 of the nation’s brightest undergraduate researchers to its campus Nov. 8-10 for the 16th annual Gulf Coast Undergraduate Resea...
The In-Space Physical AI Workshop convened top scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and government leaders to explore the role of AI in space explorat...
Rice is expanding its international presence with the launch of Rice Global India. This strategic initiative underscores the university’s commitment t...
Rice senior Jae Kim ’25 has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, one of just 32 American recipients – and the sole representative from a Tex...
The Ion District, Houston’s hub for innovation, now has its very own pickleball experience with the newly-opened Pickle Lab....
Researchers at Rice have developed an innovative electrochemical reactor to extract lithium from natural brine solutions, offering a promising approac...
The inaugural exhibition at the Rice School of Architecture’s new William T. Cannady Hall explores how architecture and design can participate in a mo...
Rice wins NEH grant to create digital database of Atlantic slave trade
January 12, 2022
Grant will further enhance Rice’s reputation as a center for Africa and African diaspora studies, digital humanities
Moody makes ‘Soundwaves’ for its spring show
January 11, 2022
Exhibition kicks off year of programming for art center’s fifth anniversary
CAAAS lectures call for moral leadership in turbulent times
January 10, 2022
Robert Michael Franklin Jr., Marla Frederick, Lerone Martin and others to speak this semester at Rice
Earth isn’t ‘super’ because the sun had rings before planets
January 5, 2022
Before the solar system had planets, the sun had rings — bands of dust and gas similar to Saturn’s rings — that likely played a role in Earth’s formation, according to a new study.
Air bubbles in Antarctic ice point to cause of oxygen decline
December 20, 2021
An unknown culprit has been removing oxygen from our atmosphere for at least 800,000 years, and an analysis of air bubbles preserved in Antarctic ice for up to 1.5 million years has revealed the likely suspect.
Rice responds to rise in COVID-19 cases with schedule, policy updates
December 20, 2021
Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby, chair of Rice's Crisis Management Advisory Committee, sent a message to the university community Dec. 19 regarding schedule and policy changes in response to a recent increase in positive COVID-19 tests on campus.
Quirky kveik’s yeasty questions no match for freshmen chemistry students
December 20, 2021
How Carrie McNeil’s Introduction to Scientific Research Challenges course helped a Houston brewery solve a salty problem
Rice strengthening its commitment to loan-free financial aid
December 16, 2021
Rice University has announced a significant change to its financial aid package that will make one of the nation’s most prestigious higher education institutions more affordable to a broader range of students.
Shepherd's got a new (old) set of strings
December 16, 2021
Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music is feeling the holiday spirit early this year thanks to a generous friend who’s lending it a coveted Stradivarius violin — and letting a different student play the instrument each year.
Historian of science Luis Campos joining Rice as Baker College Chair
December 14, 2021
Appointment in the History of Science, Technology and Innovation begins in spring